To commence, I would like to extend a heartfelt ''hi!'' to all the Kossacks here after a long absence. Exam time's a real salope and prevents you from doing anything very much at all, except for staring at the innumerable pages until the letters begin to tap-dance in front of your eyes.
You do, however, learn quite a few useful things in the process, and that is why I thought it would be useful to take a step back from the daily political battles and discuss theory for a change. Since a large part of politics revolves around elections, I thought it could be worthwhile to present different vote distribution (''voting'' for short) systems and discuss their merits.
As always, I apologise for any mistakes in terminology. Translating anything legal from memory, without a dictionary, is a devil's job. Feel free to correct me - in fact, I should demand it.
All the credits go to my professors and their textbooks. No names - blogs have to be a bit incognito - but they know who they are. While you make May a little slice of hell, most of you are all right, really. There. I said it. Don't count on a repeat until after the second round of exams passes, heh.
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